Electrical brush



H. R. MONDY.

ELECTRICAL BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12.1921.

1,393,635. Patented 0311,1921.

UNITED STAT E S HELEN R. MONDY, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.

ELECTRICAL BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

Application filed February 12, 1921. Serial'No. 444,621.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, HE EN R MONDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at 609 North Indiana avenue, Atlantic City, in the county ofAtlantic and the State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Electrical Brushes, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improvement in hairbrushes for brushing and drying the hair after shampooing or after aperson has gotten the hair damp or wet.

This brush can be carried easily in a small hand bag and used'at anytime where electricity is available.

My invention is fully described inthe following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part.

Figure 1 is a plan of my apparatus em bodying my invention showing partof the bristle plate broken away.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view in section of the apparatus which I employand showing the electric wiring and heating unit therefor.

Fig. 3 is'a section on the line 3+3 of Fig. 1; similar referencecharacters designate similar parts throughout the drawing.

In Fig. l of the drawings I have shown a hair brush A consisting of abody portion A, a bristle plate a, and bristles a ofmetal and a-handle Hof wood- Part of the bristle section isbroken away for the sake ofclearly illustrating the construction as shown in Fig. 1. t

In Fig. 2 of the drawings, I have shown a metal core G running throughthe center of the handle and the body of the brush. Through this metalcore runs a twin conductor 0 which extends up through the handle to thebody of the brush where it con tacts with the heating unit. This heatingunit consists of a small length or coil of high resistance wire whichbecomes red hot due to the current passing through it and which heatsthe bristles.

At the end of the handleH is an opening 0, adapted to receive the plug10. To the plug is attached insulated wire w which connects with thescrew plug. This screw plug can be connected to an electric fixture notshown.

With the screw plug thus connected up with in cross section the concavemetal plate which is perforated for the passage of the bristles andwhich is secured to the bristle face of the brush by having the edges ofthe plate fit into dovetail seats .9 formed by turning over the edge ofthe brush.

It will be apparent that when duly heated adapted for quick detachmentfrom the electric connection on a wall, chandelier, or elsewhere, byunscrewing the screw plug 12, and can then be used for treating the hairof a customer when seated at any convenient place in a room, or shop, orwhen lying down at a place remote from the c0nnection.

My invention is well adapted for the purpose for which it is intendedand is a very useful and convenient device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

An electric brush for drying hair comprising a hollow body having ametal plate of convex surface and fitted into the open face of the bodyand held in place by the overturned edge of the body; bristles fittedinto the convex face of themetal plate with their free outer endsforming the working surface of the brush; a tubular handle adapted to bescrewed into the end of the body of the brush, a metal core extendingthrough the handle into the body of the brush, a plug secured in theouter end of the handle, and a heating element formed of resistancewires passing through the plug into the core to heat the body of thebrush and the convex plate carrying the bristles, a second plug to whichthe outer ends of the resistance wires are fastened and which is adaptedto be screwed onto a wall socket to obtain the current for transmissionto the bristles, all as and in the manner substantially as described andshown. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname this 10th dayof February, 1921.

HELEN R. MONDY.

in the manner above described my brush is a

